granulate adjective. ['granjʊlǝt, -leɪt] L18.
[formed as GRANULE + -ATE².]
Chiefly Botany & Zoology. = GRANULATED 2.

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granulate verb. ['granjʊleɪt] M17.
[formed as GRANULE + -ATE³.]
1. verb trans. & intrans. Form into or take the form of granules or grains; make or become granular. M17.

2. verb trans. Raise in granules; roughen the surface of. L17.

3. verb intrans. Medicine. Of a wound, tissue, etc.: form multiple small prominences, as the beginning of the process of healing or joining. M18.

■ granulator noun an apparatus for making granules of a substance M19.

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